The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 21, 2103
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:53 PM
5:55 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2230
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.3° / 335.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 12m / -13.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.63° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.34° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.92° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.